25 years old and deep in debt

[Ed Anger]

I'm going to be hiring seasonal workers soon. 

But they'll mostly be Amish youngsters.

Seedy for overseer?

They don't need much supervision.

[CountDeMoney]

Seedy for overseer?

Ed would contract that shit out anyway.  It's how the 1% do things.

[garbon]

She should have stopped at one undergrad degree?

[Admiral Yi]

She should have stopped at one undergrad degree?

Not sure she needed even that to make cupcake decorations.

[Ed Anger]

Seedy for overseer?

Ed would contract that shit out anyway.  It's how the 1% do things.

MEIN TOASTER STRUDEL

[Darth Wagtaros]

She should have stopped at one undergrad degree?

Not sure she needed even that to make cupcake decorations.

Because she was told since first grade that she had to go to college and get a degree, any degree, to have any chance at a life that doesn't involve french fries and paper hats.

[CountDeMoney]

Because she was told since first grade that she had to go to college and get a degree, any degree, to have any chance at a life that doesn't involve french fries and paper hats.

Well, that one's been popped full of shareholder value holes.

[Admiral Yi]

Because she was told since first grade that she had to go to college and get a degree, any degree, to have any chance at a life that doesn't involve french fries and paper hats.

I get that.  And it goes further than that; she's been told that she'll get a great paying job as soon as they hand her a diploma.

Still doesn't change the fact that you don't need a higher education to put plastic sunglasses on top of cupcakes.

I'm also starting to get a sense that the untold story of Teh student loan crisis is folks living high on the hog during college.  A couple articles have been linked here about swanky resort style campuses and abundant travel (hot button issue!).  I also met a dude at my boozer who's paying $1,200 rent with his loan money.

[Ed Anger]

YOLO

[ulmont]

YOLO

Bureau YOLO trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkkxRdIoTIQ

[Ed Anger]

YOLO

Bureau YOLO trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkkxRdIoTIQ

Wait a minute... XCOM  and Fedoras?

I'm in.

[Barrister]

YOLO

Never understood that reasoning.  If you only live once, surely that's a reason to be careful with your health and money?

[Eddie Teach]

YOLO

Never understood that reasoning.  If you only live once, surely that's a reason to be careful with your health and money?

YCTIWY

[Jacob]

Not sure she needed even that to make cupcake decorations.

I expect that when she started her undergraduate degree she was not aiming to make cupcake decorations.

I'm a bit surprised by the unsympathetic tone people are taking about this.

They've apparently found a way to run a profitable business. While it has nothing to do with their undergraduate degrees (though I think the Fine Arts degree probably helped a fair bit).

They see an opportunity to expand their business, presumably making more money along the way, but due to their student debt burden they're unable to secure the credit to do so.

Given the amount of student debt the current generation of young Americans carry, it seems like their scope for turning the most American of solutions - being entrepreneurs - is vastly curtailed, hampering both them and the greater American economy.

Being snide about their choice of undergraduate degrees at this point, and about the specifics of their business niche, seems rather beside the point.

[Ed Anger]

Jake, I think some of have seen way too many people thinking their Sanskrit or other bullshit degree will pull in six figures.

Also, enjoy the shoutout to PCU.

Also, I enjoy being snide. I'm old.